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Welcome back to No Talking Points, iPolitics signature podcast.

I am Marco Vigliotti, the editor-in-chief here at iPolitics, and I'm joined, as always, by my co-host, Brian Sorce, our publisher.

Today we have two excellent guests.

We have Garry Keller.

The broader significance is how NATO's higher spending demands are beginning to reshape government machinery, industrial policy, and public finances.

For further information, see Government of Canada Defense Investment Agency, Parliamentary Budget Office of Canada, and iPolitics.

America expands submarine production as AUKUS exposes an industrial bottleneck.

The United States is backing a major new submarine manufacturing facility in Maryland, where Anduril plans to invest three point seven billion American dollars alongside a Navy contract worth up to two point nine billion American dollars.

[upbeat music] Welcome back to No Talking Points, iPolitics signature podcast.

I'm your host, Marco Vigliotti, the editor-in-chief here at iPolitics.

We have another terrific show for you lined up today.

I'm joined by three excellent guests.

Hello, everyone.

Welcome back to a special episode of iPolitics No Talking Points podcast.

I'm Marco Vigliotti, the editor-in-chief here at iPolitics, and I'm joined today by the leader of the official opposition and the federal conservatives, Pierre Palliev.

Thanks for being here at the onset of a new sitting of parliament.

Lots to go through, lots to discuss.

For international audiences, the legislation shows how countries are reassessing economic strategy in response to changing trade conditions and competition for critical resources.

For further information, see Government of Canada, One Canadian Economy, Global News, the Canadian Press, and iPolitics.

US-Iran tensions place Middle East strategy at the center of UN diplomacy.

President Donald Trump's focus on Iran during his United Nations General Assembly address placed the US-Iran relationship at the center of wider discussions on Middle East security and diplomacy.

It's funny, you're absolutely right with all of that.

The ballot issue is, if you look at iPolitics, iPolitics did a, I think their most recent survey is September 21st.

They asked what the ballot issue is in Ottawa and 31% of people said transit.

Right? Except that transit is not transit alone.

Transit's also RTO because part of the problems with OC Transpo has to do with RTO and has to do with increased ridership.

And so the two issues coexist.

So, and iPolitics doesn't split that out necessarily.

So I think that the numbers say one thing, but then public sentiment, I think, says another thing when you go around Ottawa and you ask what's really dry.

There, there are some outliers.

I'm reading in iPolitics this morning, Sean Strickland, the president of the Canada's Building Trades Unions, and I know they're more likely to get jobs building these national projects than to hold jobs that, where labor disruption could prevent these national projects.

Uh, he does not like the 107 provision either, says he's disappointed that went away, but he says it does introduce stronger penalties for wage theft, misclassification of workers, improved support, uh, for collective agreements and protecting successor rights.

Um, where are you on those measures? Do you think there is some good in there with what you obviously [laughs] consider to be quite a significantly bad component as well?

Canada is reconsidering how quickly the state can mobilize investment when economic resilience becomes a strategic priority.

For further information, see Government of Canada, One Canadian Economy, iPolitics and City News, The Canadian Press.

White House press dispute becomes a test of presidential power over media access.

CNN, MSNOW, and Politico have sued the Trump administration after losing their White House credentials, turning a dispute over presidential press access into a federal constitutional case.

Welcome to another bonus edition of iPolitics No Talking Points.

We are once again talking with mayoral candidates from the city of Ottawa.

And with us, we are happy to have Mayor Mark Sutcliffe.

It's been a pleasure.

Thank you.

And please join us again on our next episode when Councillor Leeper is going to be joining iPolitics.

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Thank you.